Solved Is it possible to disable zip folders ?


Just to note, this will also disable the ability to open these compressed (ZIP, etc...) folders by File Explorer.
 

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Brink said:
Just to note, this will also disable the ability to open these compressed (ZIP, etc...) folders by File Explorer.
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Appreciate it Brink. Thanks for the info
 

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I investigated this on a per-user basis by setting the CLSID values to an empty string rather than deleting the key and default value. But it shouldn't make any difference.
lugran said:
So, if you don't want to see .zip and .rar and .7z in the left pane of window explorer, apply
-----------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.zip\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.rar\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.7z\CLSID]
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Although this worked with Zip files, it didn't with Rar or 7Z files. This is unsurprising. look at the CLSID values from a regscanner search.

Code: 
HKCR\ArchiveFolder\CLSID        REG_SZ    {0C1FD748-B888-443D-9EC3-AD7E22D48808}
HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\.7z\CLSID        REG_SZ    {0C1FD748-B888-443D-9EC3-AD7E22D48808}
HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\.bz2\CLSID        REG_SZ    {0C1FD748-B888-443D-9EC3-AD7E22D48808}
HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\.gz\CLSID        REG_SZ    {0C1FD748-B888-443D-9EC3-AD7E22D48808}
HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\.rar\CLSID        REG_SZ    {0C1FD748-B888-443D-9EC3-AD7E22D48808}
HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\.tar\CLSID        REG_SZ    {0C1FD748-B888-443D-9EC3-AD7E22D48808}
HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\.tbz2\CLSID        REG_SZ    {0C1FD748-B888-443D-9EC3-AD7E22D48808}
HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\.tgz\CLSID        REG_SZ    {0C1FD748-B888-443D-9EC3-AD7E22D48808}
HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\.txz\CLSID        REG_SZ    {0C1FD748-B888-443D-9EC3-AD7E22D48808}
HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\.tzst\CLSID        REG_SZ    {0C1FD748-B888-443D-9EC3-AD7E22D48808}
HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\.xz\CLSID        REG_SZ    {0C1FD748-B888-443D-9EC3-AD7E22D48808}
HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\.zst\CLSID        REG_SZ    {0C1FD748-B888-443D-9EC3-AD7E22D48808}


HKCR\CompressedFolder\CLSID        REG_SZ    {E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}
HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\.zip\CLSID        REG_SZ    {E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}

.7z .rar etc are apparently ArchiveFolder type. If I set HKCR\ArchiveFolder\CLSID default value to an empty string (and restart explorer) then they do disappear from the navigation.
lugran said:
It seems perfect if we just know the list of all such extensions that this logic can work with.
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see the list above.
Brink said:
Just to note, this will also disable the ability to open these compressed (ZIP, etc...) folders by File Explorer.
Click to expand...
Quite. So, since Windows 11 makes defaults for contested files a user setting, this is probably best applied as a user setting.

Code: 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CompressedFolder\ShellEx\StorageHandler]
""=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.zip\CLSID]
""=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CompressedFolder\CLSID]
""=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.zst\CLSID]
""=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.xz\CLSID]
""=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.tzst\CLSID]
""=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.txz\CLSID]
""=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.tgz\CLSID]
""=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.tbz2\CLSID]
""=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.tar\CLSID]
""=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.rar\CLSID]
""=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.gz\CLSID]
""=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.bz2\CLSID]
""=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.7z\CLSID]
""=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\ArchiveFolder\CLSID]
""=""

To reverse this, do a global replace on the above changing
Code: 
""=""
to
Code: 
""=-
Note that this doesn't remove "Exract All..." from the context menu for these files. Although this can be done by blocking the responsible shell extensions.

Mike
 

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